Natsu, Lucy, Erza and Gray watch in amazement as the Sky Labyrinth is formed in the sky. They are about to leave when Erza says that Wendy is still missing and they cannot leave without her. Elfman shows up, saying that he will step in as a replacement for Wendy and carries all his teammates to the labyrinth. Erza orders Happy and Lisanna from afar to search for Wendy and Carla. Lisanna agrees and Happy wishes them good luck. All the teams head confidently to the Labyrinth to begin the race.
The rules of the Sky Labyrinth are then explained by Mato. The first eight teams to pass are going to participate in the proper Grand Magic Games. They are free to use Magic and anybody who steps out of the zone is immediately disqualified. Mato interjects that the organizers will take no responsibility for deaths during the event. Erza plans their strategy by saying that they should head east, since the arena is located there.
Lucy proceeds to summon Pyxis and finds out where east is located, but Erza points out that she had brought along a compass herself. Lucy and Pyxis, disappointed, sulk in the corner and Lucy thanks Pyxis for its work. As they head east, Natsu wonders why he is not feeling sick at all. A screen appears with Mato in it, explaining that the place is treated with Magic so that people with fear of heights or motion sickness can compete fairly.
Team Fairy Tail opens a door, which leads to a long corridor looking like an optical illusion. Lucy wonders how far it goes, and Natsu races ahead to open a door, which leads to a dead end and Natsu almost falls. Elfman catches him and reprimands him to watch where he is going. Erza thinks that it would be a good idea to map the maze as they go.
Outside, Romeo and Nab are shocked to find out that Wendy and Carla are missing. When Romeo inquires what happened to Natsu and the others, Lisanna says that Elfman suddenly filled up for her, and a frustrated Romeo wishes he could have been there so that he could have joined Natsu and the others instead of Elfman. Lisanna instructs them to split up and, through Warren's telepathy, stay connected to find out if somebody finds Wendy and Carla.
Back at the Labyrinth, Team Fairy Tail is working to make a map for themselves. Suddenly, Natsu and Erza hear a group of people arguing, and soon they find out that they belong to Team Twilight Ogre. Their opponents see them and insult them for showing up. Thibault says that since Magic is allowed, fighting can take place and the two teams get ready to duel. Natsu, Gray and Elfman step up and easily defeat Team Twilight Ogre.
Suddenly, the Labyrinth starts rotating, which surprises everyone participating. Natsu, Lucy and some other Mages fall down as the rotation of the Labyrinth takes place. Outside, Lisanna and Happy notice people falling out of the maze, and hope that Natsu and the others will be okay. Back at the rotating maze, Elfman catches Natsu and Lucy, claiming that they don't need Happy since they have a man with them.
One of the defeated members of Twilight Ogre drops a piece of paper he was holding. Erza studies it and concludes that it is a map. Gray says that it is a stroke of luck since it will make their own map more accurate. Thibault asks for the map back, but Erza refuses and kicks him out of the game. Erza, Gray, Natsu and Elfman then realize that they finally understand how the elimination round works.
Outside, Mato watches the Mages falling out of the Labyrinth and says that the competition has finally revved up to high gear and it is going to be even crazier from now on. Back at the maze, Team Fairy Tail fights other teams to get their own maps.
They realize that this is more of a battle than a race, and that's what they are best at. Elfman comments that he can't read it, and Gray tells him that Lucy can take care of the map pieces. Lucy is up for the challenge and they continue fighting, until the maze starts rotating again, but this time the Fairy Tail Mages are prepared for it.
Outside, Max meets up with Warren and Alzack, and Warren asks Max if he has found anything. Max says no, since it is pretty late and they have no clue about where they should look. In another part of the city, Lisanna asks Warren if they have found them yet. Warren states that they have searched most of Crocus but their efforts were unsuccessful, but then Happy suddenly remembers that Wendy and Carla were supposed to go sightseeing. Lisanna deduces that they must have gone to the palace, and so the two head to it.
Meanwhile, Lucy lays out all the maps and says that since the maze has rotated a lot, heading east would be a waste of time. Erza says that her compass is also confused, since the needle does not point toward any direction and is spinning instead. Lucy says that this is the moment she was waiting for, and she summons Pyxis one more time.
She tries to encourage it to show east and, after she convinces it, Pyxis obliges and points to the direction of east. The maze spins yet again and all of them fall towards the upside down city. As they lie around, Erza scolds them, saying that the race is still on, so they should hurry. As they follow a path, the city turns into an ocean and they notice that the sky is cracked to reveal a wall. They realize that they are nearing the end of the path which is the goal.
Elsewhere, Happy and Lisanna reach the palace, Mercurius. They approach the guards, who block the exit and ask what they want at the palace so late at night. They explain that they are looking for someone who was supposed to enter the elimination round, and the guards let them in because the King is looking forward to the Grand Magic Games.
At another part of the city, Warren is shocked that the guards let them in. At the palace gardens, Lisanna thinks that they should split up and Happy agrees. Warren, along with Max and Alzack, hurries over to the palace.
At the Labyrinth, Mato applauds Team Fairy Tail for being able to reach the goal. Lucy asks if they were first place, but Mato says that they were eighth place, barely making it, and the group is shocked by this news.
"Then what team was first?" Natsu asked
"Team Shadow Hunter" he said pointing to a group of 3.
"They're an exception to the rules, they're a group of 3" he explained
"The guy with Red hair is Kai Yukio" Mato said
Kai had red hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a vest that showed his chest, he's like grey but at least he has a vest on. The vest is black and has fire designs on it. He was wearing jeans and sneakers. He also had black fingerless gloves.
"The one with blonde hair is Daichi Realight" Mato said
Daichi had blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a red hoodie, black fingerless gloves, black jeans, and sneakers.
"The last member is that girl, Aika Dragneel" Mato said
"Aika" Natsu shouted
She turned around, omg what happened to her. She had long pink hair, red lipstick, red nails, Red long sleeved top that showed her stomach and some cleavage. With a very short red skirt and black boots.
"Do i know you?" Aika asked
"It's me Natsu, your older brother" Natsu said walking up to her
"I don't have a brother" she answered, Natsu tried to hug her but she moved out of the way
"Don't touch me you filthy fairy" Aika said
"Aika doesn't want anything to do with you" Daichi said
"Hey were't you the kid that did photo shoots with Aika?" Erza asked
"Yes I am, I didn't want to be apart of my sister's guild so after a few days I left together with Aika to find our own guild to call our family" Daichi said
"they stopped at my town, I was an orphan and my guild never payed any attention to me, after i met Daichi and Aika I decided i would go with them" Kai said
"we finally found a guild that welcomed us, they were a dark guild but everyone had the warmest hearts" Aika said smiling
"What magic do you guys have?" Lucy asked
"I'm a fire mage" Daichi said
"so am I" Kai added
"and I'm a blood mage" Aika said
"all of our magic powers are red, and like roses we don't look that strong but your blood can still be drawn from our powerul thorns" Daichi explained
"hold on, Aika's a blood mage!?" Grey shouted
"I thought she was a fire mage" Lucy said
"so did I" Natsu agreed
"wait ...what''s a blood mage?" Lucy and Natsu asked
"A blood mage is a mage that can easily learn how to use any type of magic while maintaining their own special magic that..." Erza explained not knowing how to finish
"that let's her use her own blood to attack others" Grey finished
"Aika, you don't remember me?" Natsu asked sadly
"nope" Aika said
"what about the rest of us?" Grey asked
"all i remember is the faint memory of what used to be my family" Aika replied walking away with her team
"Her hair looks more like yours now Natsu, she's gotten really pretty"Lucy said
"Yeah" Natsu agreed sadly
At the gardens, Lisanna and Happy are in the middle of searching until a hologram of Mato appears, informing the city that the elimination round is over and the eight teams are chosen and will be announced in the opening ceremony. While searching, Lisanna finds Happy staring at something. She gets closer and finds out that it is Wendy's bag. As they rush off to find them, a small creature is on the lamppost, staring at them and smirking.
They then say via telepathy to Warren that they have found Wendy and Carla unconscious. Lisanna notices that even though they look uninjured, she can't feel any Magic Power coming from them. Wendy then wakes up and Happy asks her what happened. After a few efforts, she finally gets up, although her vision is still blurry, and asks what happened to her, but Lisanna and Happy reply that they don't know.